Fishing-reel



F. R. LIDDELL.

FISHING REEL.

APPLICATION FELED APR. 23 |915. l ML Paeni'edJ :me 3, 1919.

4 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.

FEED E. LIDDELL, 0E LAPOETE, INDIANA, AssIGNoE To GEORGE W; Urrea, or

' WARREN, omo.

FISHING-REEL.

Specncation of Letters Patent.

Patented June it,

Application led April 23,1915. Serial No. 23,333.

To all ywhom it may concern Be it known that I, FRED R. LIDDEIL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Laporte, in the county of Laporte and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fishing- Reels. of which the following is a. Specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fishing reels ofthe kind used for casting bait-s. and has for its objects: first, the provision of a device which will retard the spool of a reel during a east suiiicientlyto prevent it fromiteeding out line faster than the out going bait pulls the line taut; second, to restrain the speed of the spool as'against t'oo rapid revolutions, t without restraining it perceptibly when the out goingbait is slowly drawing the line off from the reel; third,l to stop the spool when the out going bait and line cease to pull on it; and, fourth, to provide simple means for the application of such a device either when it is built in as a component part of a new reel, or when its use is desired on a. reel already finished and in condition only for use in the usual way, in

which the speed ofthe spool is controlled by the use of the anglers thumb.-

I attain those objects by the mechanism' illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 illustrates a rear View of a tubular reel having nearly fla-t'cross bars,` in position to be cranked with thorighthand; and with my invention attached-to a forward cross bar so that the under or inner side of the device adjacent to the axle 0f the spool is seen.

Fig. 2 illustrates a front view of a reel. with round pillars. in position to be cranked with the left hand; and with my invention between the two bottom reel seat pillars, and clamped thereto. Y

Fig. 5l illustrates a portion of tlietubular reel shown in Figui. broken away to display only one of the flat ci'ossbars, and looking from the axle of the reel outward.

Fig. 4 illustrates the saine in opposite view looking inward toward the axle.

Fig. 5 is au additional view of the ordinary round pillared reel shown in Fig. 2,

taken from the bottom and looking up or in ward toward the axle, and/showiiiginy iii-- vention positioned between the reelseat pilY lars and operated bya thumb screw.

Fig. 6 shows a modification in which lil-:o characters refer to corresponding ,parts throughout the other views, and in which my invention isattached to the cap oi the reel instead of to its pillars.

, Fig. 21 is an enlargement of the invention as shown in Fig. 2 and is taken in cross secw tionhthrough the line Ar-A.

^ Fig. 5*JL is an enlargement taken through the line B--B, of Fig. 5, and shows a inedifieation with a milled thumb-Screw instead of a screw with a korf, as a retaining elcment; shown in cross-section. 4

Fig. 3a is an enlarged View of my invention as shown in Fig. 3, used when the reel has f round cross pillars instead of fiat ones.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view in cross section of my invention as shown in Figs. l and Similar characters represent like parts throughout the several views.

As is well known to those skilled in the art of cast-ing ybaits or lures for catching fish, and to manufacturers of reels intended for that purpose, the angler when using ordinary reels winds up his line iintilthe bait "is but a few inches from the end oit the rod;

rests his thumb on. the line spooled on the reel throws the bait a distance -by a smart swing of the rod, having released the spool by lifting his thumb slightly, and then allows the thumb to drag with more or less pressure on the coiled line as it goes out, or on the revolving flange of the spool, to pre vent the ypaying out of the line at a, faster rate than the in-oinentuin of the hait draws it taut.

Did he not do so the coils ot the line would loosen on 'the spool and over run beca-uso ct" their own velocity and centrifugal torce. and

into and as a part of the reel. oiwhether attached thereto afterward by any ineans9 en' 'iti lil@

amples nf 'which l describe for pupnns of illnsitrzit-ion, wif/limit limiting myslf'lzo their @pacific forms @1' paris; 'the cn-ntinl of in@ Spool by th, cmstes Itlnnnl) is not required.. A5 that cmiti'vl is one 'ivl'iicl'i is only @.tmii'ied alltel' and by means; of mncli pncice and ille-n willi but n, mndicun'i of; c'i'tninlcy, i' will be. zvppi'eciuted nlm my il'lventinn is of great. mil-my, convenio/nc@ and willie.

For use with what is commercially lincm'ii L `tubular l reel, conntiucled by @uiting away'pzufts from :il llngt'li df miami cyiindvif r l q 0r tub@ fl, and handing die ends oi Elie sinne with n. tail-plat@ 1 und. hund to which indy be attached the gezins :ind other winding lnclninimn of lli@ rcel, also inicial? said p inlcrcting imp, 3, l .start with n resilient elnnint made from any imitrial suitablel'o produce n brush, like end $0 Contact Willi :i flangia 0l :i wells spool; the bi'nsli may be umd@ @if liber, hun', wlmlelmn@ and the like, or of incre enllniing' material Snell :1S leailliei' for instance.

ialn'l'zic ex'ending longitndinally mi' :L 'lint Cross bai", il? 0f :L llilmlazi' l'eL, und imi.- ingg eine @i its inner @tiges turned down and under so as to clump alieni incl grasp lower ni' ,inner face of Said inn il?. @n n'l'iicii it is thereby Sleeved 'lii'is sten). 6 is attached to (or naad@ par?, nl) the inner fame of sleeve 'i' zii d lieg para# lei in line bi lli. i

la tl'neadd lhol@ in til@ Stein G passing lnougli sleeve l receiv's :i screw 9, so iii-afl; when tlm Screw is turned, inwzn'd it dl'nws *die fiat top and tni'ned over inner edge of sleme? toward @zich otl1e1'-sniciently to lii'n'ily clamp the. sleeve to the ci'osS bm' ll., and hold the end of the biush 5 against iiie flange 16 of the spool 8.

The p 'essuie 01 the end of the brush i against ihe flange 16 can be adjusted man mieli', by mijnsing th@ brush relativo un im sleeve, or the brush 5 may lie entirely willidrawn fiom Contact Willi the, flange 16 by nlmjing the sleeve und clinnpingdlie sinne, in illu desire-d psiinn merely bvliii. lit@1iingj the sci'mv 9.

',l'lwl sleeve. 7 muy' extend almostne vn zil'v lingl'l'li of tin lim; 1L if lcsiinlulv, gwnviding un unici* @over it?. ffxlmdinig newly io the outer reel plate ends, lil, l-iis par 5 and "im iii@ fawn lnwm' nn l5 UL :nn Mind iwi man', pillziml 'J5 To nsf: :my invention @n smith wels; nn new clment@ nm' dnpan'in '0f-i am "3d, im* .nig nnnaljf (tieni nhl@ ii; Adigli ly vzn'y iii/fi lintm sleeve; Y.

[is my inv@ i is l "5 oonapicm Si ziytncl'ied bai/unan if wl Sie: f' A though n slight l inni@ olnlimzM inquired, show gn 2, and Quim numbered in Fig' z2, :fsncli sleeve i zi nndiiinfl Simi 6H? inl@ ,'iliiizli 'dw inlined und ai one Said@ 0` screw-i ienin j imi@ tlnn lip oli 7, zuid n. dini@ v 1 nur lip (siinfv'n Y 1i i wiping Scifw 9? and wil/li :i Sini, il ,P5/lh which wiwi; shown 22%) by manna; @ff cli. Si* my and Sini', tlm @5in lne mi l ge lli of in@ @anniv i lin lnfnssii si lli'iecinn parallel to tlm lin@ 0i. ibn@ mln? imi i :iccnnnt of the, Confini/'ity Gf th@ inne? fue@ ol? tlm spool flange, @nhs and nl? inline liins i dfi-@s not. much lli@ esprimi when is push@ i lim-smal Yim :nils by wenn@ nf lne niiiinzwy inn e @0mg-used nii lie bmbtifnfli on mil; le oli' ills, cap, iii@ waisliei l? i Sidi! liico'i" and lie liincl'ii w and. of iii@ :En 5i sint in lili@ wel s; (finned wlmi' n! limi id the nsimi nn lain, in

stem 6 is drawn away from the axle, and the end of the brush contacts lightly with the inside periphery and'face of the spool lanfie. l i

The button 18 and the Washer 17 serve to retain the device on the reel structure7 of which 3 is the reel cap.

"lllhen the cap slide is moved outward torrerd the periphery of the' cap, the end of 'the brush 5 contacts with the inner face of the Harige 16 of the Spool 8.

Many variations of the simple members illustrated as means for operating my resilient elemen't,` and many mechanical equiv alents for them can be used Without depature from my invention, for which l claim l. ln a fishing reel' having end plates conneeted by cross 'bars parallel to its axle, and spool flanges adjacent to said end plates; the combination Wit-h said parts of a movable, resilient brake positioned on one of aid bars and means for elampingit to said ar i 2. ln a ishing reel having pillars parallel to the line of its axle and a revolving spool with flanges adj acont to said pillars, the conihination of a separate, distinct element com- -prsing a sleeved member slidably at ned to one or more of and parallel to sai pilis retained by a stem siidably attached to a' rigid member of said reel; and clamping means for securing 'the stem. in the desired position, r

4. The combination with a fishing reel of an adjustable brush attached to a rigid member thereof and means for retaining one end of said brush in Jfrictional contact with the periphery or a flange of the spool of said reel for the purpose set forth.

ln testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence or' tivo Witnesses. FRED R. LIDDELL.

- lVitnesse/s HWARREN l). Toons, :EMMA ZIEKE. 

